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SALMON JOHNSON, OF LEE, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,306, dated October 18, 1843.

To all whom If may concern Be it known that I, SALMON JOHNSON, of Lee,in the county ofV Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Mop-Irons; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof.

My invention consists `'in the application of a spiral spring` of ironorbrass wire 0r other suitable material for a spiral spring to force andhold together the two parts of a mop iron or frame which hold the ragsor yarn of which the mop is made constructed in the manner set forth andrepresented in this specification and represented in theaccompanyingdrawing.

To enable any person skilled in the manufacture thereof to construct thesame I proceed to describe the manner in which I make my mop irons withthe said improvement. In the first place I finish the end ofthe mopstick with a ferrule so as to leave the end next the mop a crosssectionat right angles to the length of the stick. From this end an iron wireor rod of suitable thickness to render it sutliciently strong projects afew inches say from three to six or seven or more as the length of thespring to be used and the strength desired in the clasping force of themop may require. At this distance from the end the wire or rod becomesforked and being spread about two inches its points are riveted into atransverse iron of suitable length for the width of the mop, to formwhat I denominate the upper mop iron. This transverse iron I make hollowon the under side to receive the lower mop iron which is made round soas to lit into such transverse piece of the upper mop iron.

The lower mop iron consists of a transverse piece of iron or other metalforming a shoulder with a hole in its center through which the wire orrod first mentioned of the upper mop iron projects from the mop stickand can freely play. From the ends of this shoulder which I make of aconvenient length, a wire or rod of suitable size for strength is madeto pass around the ends of what I have above designated as the trans- Yupper iron.

verse iron of the upper mop iron, and to t in it sufficiently close tohold the mop cloth or yarn.` The spiral lspring of suiiicient force tokeep the two irons snugly together and to hold the mop cloth or yarnfast is adjusted upon and around the wire or rod of the upper ironbetween the shoulder of the lower mop iron and the forked part of theupper iron. By this means it holds the two irons firmly together bypressing upon the forks at one end and the shoulder at the other, andgives the two irons so adjusted a clasping power sufficient to hold themop cloth or yarn, while by the hand the two irons can be convenientlyopened so far as to place or remove such mop cloth or yarn.

I make no claim for any portion ofthe invention excepting theconstructing the mop irons in the manner set forth and also representedin the accompanying drawing: that is to say- Operating the upper iron ormovable holder F, by means of the spiral spring combined therewith inthe manner set forth, other parts being substantially as described.

The annexed dra-wing represents the mop irons constructed according tomy invention.

Figure 1 represents what I denominate the upper iron. A is the mop stickwith ferrule. the iron wire or rod forking at C and riveted to thetransverse iron F, G at D, D. i

Fig. 2 represents the lower iron-H, I-I the shoulder from which proceedsthe wire or rod I.

Fig. 3 represents the two irons adjusted with the spiral spring upon Band pressing at one end the shoulder of thelower iron and at the otherend `the forked part of the I/Vitness my hand Octoberil-th, 1843. j

SALMON JOHNSON.

The foregoing application was signed by the above named SALMON JorrNsoNin our presence the 4th day of October 1843.

lVitnesses VVrLLIAM TRACY, IV. THOMPSON.

